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The old term 'drunk as a sailor' validated once again
[Navy Times] The redcoats are coming, the redcoats are coming ‐ to fight at a bar near you.Watering holes everywhere in the vicinity of Naval Station Mayport experienced a major boon in business this week after British sailors from the Royal Navy’s prized new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in the northeast Florida port of Jacksonville Beach. Hundreds of sailors rambled off the ship Wednesday following a weeks-long journey that marked the 65,000-ton vessel’s first transatlantic voyage. And as is tradition with navies around the world, a pressing matter had to be attended to immediately upon exiting the hulking ship ‐ the ancient mariner rite of drinking to the point of annihilation. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-09-11 |
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